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July 15, 1930. F. coTTRlNGER 1,770,733

SUMMARY REGISTER ATTACHMENT FOR AUTQGRAPHIC REGISTERS Filed April 18,192s s sheets-sneu' 1 Figi.

INVENTOR.'

July l5, 191530,@-v

F, L. COTTRINGER -lsupnl'mw REGISTER `ATTAGHMENT FOR AUTOGRAPHICREGIsTERs Filed Aprill 18, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. A J(ATTORNW'.

July l5, 19.30.Y F. coT-rRlNGE-R 1,770,733

l SUMMARY REGISTER vATTACHMENT FOR AUTGRAPHIC REGISTES Fild Aprn 1e,i928 s sheets-sheet 3 v ATTORNEYJ'.

INVENTOR. Y

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UNITEDSTAT FRANCIS L.;` oo'rtriiiriicusia, ou YWrnriunirsi,oia'r,:PEN'usrriviiiviak l f sUMiuRY RnGIsTnn'lArraoiai/,IENT non, eUroeRArHIonG'KIsTERs i Appiicauon ined aprilie, Y

' rlhis inventionrelates to ymanifolding or autogiaphicregister-s, andmore particularly fto a summary register attaclinientt'orautographicregisters.; K y Y n y .A lii-autographic*machines as ordinarilyconstructed plurality ofV record sheets or strips are used romvwliich,as lthe strips ai'e advaiicecha slip is takenoil for the salesman or".ol-lice record, to be placed'on lile,`and another for the customer,andin some cases a third slip, Wliichis conducted into a compartment ofthe machine, to be taken thererom by the"V proprietor or manager of thebusiness for use inchecling up the custoiners or salesmans record, Eachsection or slip on Va continuous sti-ip lias'noted thereon dilerentitems, according to the business in Whichrit is used,

for example, in the automobile supply business, Storage Motor Ethyl GilGreaseAc'ces Labor lWash rlotal and at the end of the day,

in order to ascertain the total amount ofeach item sold or Work done, itbecomes necessary to add on an adding machine or otherwise the totals ofthe itemized amounts shown undery veach item, so as `to ascertainthetotal amount of sales or chargesmade for Work done dur` ing 'theentire day;A this being accomplished according to the common practice byadding up the amounts Vrecorded yunder differentl headingsV on theentire days record slips, or setting down on a separate sheet of'pape'riii a column or columns of igures the totals of the-amounts recorded onthe `days record slips and adding up the different columns of :Figuresto ascertain the total amount of theY days sales and charges made forWork donel during the day. This not only involves the loss ofconsiderable time and labor, but involves a chance Vof error incopying.l The main object of myinvention is-to pr0 Vide aii attachmenttoordinary autographic registers, whereby the trouble and loss of time andlabor incident to the aforesaidcomf mon practice ofasceitaining thetotal amount oiV sales-orcharffes -lor" Work done durin a A192s.semaine. 271,017. n

specilied period of time, as shown by Vthe. usual full days recordslips, maybe obviated and valuable timesaved; y

Another object is to provide simple and eiieient means adaptedforattachment to autographic registers of ordinary construction,

whereby the y.results of a da'ys sales, or the1 'y total lamount ofsales ofone lor more Varticles soldaiid charges for Work done duringaxcertain period'foftime, as shovvn under 'different lieadingsfby theusual record 'strips used on autograpliic registersv may be recordedon athat an'itemizedrecord is made on the usual printed form record strips,solthat at the fend of adayl or speciied period 4of time the, totalamount of sales olfdiilerent items recorded 'cna batch ofisales recordsli-ps maybe easily and quickly ascertained, thereby avoiding thetrouble"and loss ottime and labor incidenttol result l i y I Anotherobject 'of the invention is to prothe common method of accomplishingthis -vide a simple and efficient summary regi-ster be simultaneouslyrecordedv on separate sheetv that may be easily and quickly removed attheeiid' of the day for the purpose of severing` a summary register slipvand adding up VVthe total amount'of sales or charges shown .thereon iiia single column or separate columns of ligures under different headings,and 'which may be f replaced Without' disturbing theregularloadiiig ofthe macliineproper.

'Another obj ectisto provide an Vattachment of the character 'referredtoWhiclifis adapted to be applied to autograpliic registers' of'difiperent types in commonv useiivithout in any .'vay disturbingthefusual arrangement of sales and customers record strips, or .fthemeans employed `for Aadnfancing suchstrips,

or in" anyivayinterfering Withthe regular f .separate slieetorf paperstrip ,at the Sametime.

rangeinent of the record strips or the carbon' usually employed, or tliemechanism for adlvancing the strips, andwliich may be easily and quicklyremoved and replaced without interfering in any way with the regularloading of the machine. f

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described,with reference to the accompanying drawings, which Yare to be taken as apart ofthis specification, and then pointed out in the claims at the endof .the description. n

In said drawings, Fig. l is a plan view ot an autographic register of aWell-known type, having a summary register attachment 'embodying myinvention applied thereto to il?" lustrate the applicatien otmyinvention to a machine of that pa-rticulartype; y Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of rthe machine showninFigl; y

Fig. 3 is a top or plan lview on an enlarged scale of the machine shownin Figs. l and- 2;

parts being broken awaycoeXpose'end-portions oi the summary registerattachment underneath the writing table g; the lid or cover whichoverlies the carlionsheets used in such machines being turned overtoward one side oi the machine;

4; is an end elevation of the summary register attachment or detachableunit embodying my invention; Y

A 5 is a sectional View taken on'the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; Y V

Y Fig. 6 is a detail side view of a modification of the means employedfor advancing the total record strip or sheet carried by the summaryregister attachment;

Fig. 7 is a detail plan viewrof said modificationyand y V Fig. 8 is aplan view of a total record slip detached, showing the 'amounts of thesales, etc., recorded on the itemized sales record slips in single rows,and the total of the amounts recorded ony each row and also the totalamount oi the separateitems as computed at the end of Vthe day inseparate columns to show the total amount of each item'.

Referring'to said drawings, in v,which the same-reference characters areused to denote ccrresponding parts in different views, the

letter A. denotes the casing or housing for the usual recordstrips andoperating mechanism employed in a manifolding or autographic Vregisterof a well-known type, the operative toi-ners or salesmenls itemizedsales record slips, during a specied period oi" time, for instance,Vduring a working day; thetotal or sun'imary record being madesimultaneously 'with but separate and apart from the sales record slips.The machine shown is provided with a plurality ot' continuousprinted'form paper strips, to be divided into suitable lengths asindicated thereon to be severed one V,at a time from the continuousvstrips, thus providing a customers itemized sales record slip, and asalesmans itemized sales record slip, one iortlie uscef the salesman andthe other for the customer, and in some 'cases an olice or itemized.sales record slip which, instead of being cut oil, is automatically:folded and concealed within the receiving compartment the-casing foruse inchecling up the sales recorfl slips. rEhe carbon paper or maniioldmate-rial used in the commercial machine is arranged to travel acrossthe writing table or platen underlying the uppermost record strip, so'that anything written on said strip will ,be-tansierred to anAunderlying paper strip or strips; the 'uppermost strip being exposedthrough an opening in the lid or cover plate E 'the length oi a slip tobe detached when the desired recordV is made thereon; the carbon sheetor sheets used for transferring entries to an underlying strip beingwound in roll form and placed in a housing Cwhich extends longitudinallyof the machine traine kor casing A at one side thereof; said lid orcover being provided on the opposite side with a depending hinged plateB1 adapted to lengage Vthe underside of lugs A2 on the outer sidey otthe casing A, so as to hold the lid or cover down upon the top of thecasing with the opening therein overlying the writing table or platen,as shown in Figs. l and YYJhen it is desired to advance the carbon sheetor sheets so as to eX- pose a new or unused surface when the pre-rviously exposed surface has served its purpose, the lid or cover isreleased by disengaging thehinged plate B1 with the lugs A2 and `turningthe lid over, into the position shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the carbonsheet or sheets may he drawn out by hand transversely of the paper striper strips. The mechanism for operating the sales record slips includes acranl; arm or lever D lined on one end of the fee-d roll ot the.register proper for imparting motion thereto. By turning this lever a'compl-ete revolution, the paper'y strip or strips will be advanced bythe feed` roll or rolls a predetermined distance equal to the fulllength of a slip to 'be detached When y ing adapted to be movedinivardly out ofthe path of movement of the operating arinvby pressureof the finger ofthe operator thereon against the force of the spring,when it is desired towagain advance the 'sales record slip or slips,andwhen` such pressure is relieved the spring will cause thestop torecede, into the pathV of movement fofthexarmso Vas to arrest itsmovement at the end of another completerevolution. Bythese means a stepby step movement is imparted to the sales recordstrip or strips; thedistance the strip is advanced at each movement being determined by thelength of the slip which is to be cut off. `The hinged plate B1 of theregister proper is Vusedf'in the commercial machine forliolding`thelidror cover Adownupon the record stripsxand interposed carbon sheetor sheets overlyingytlie Writingtable Lor platen, as hereinbeforedescribed, and the lsamedeVv vice in the present case also servesas ameans for holding in place orfsecuring inoperative position the totalVrecord sheet; carrier and oper'ating` mechanism embodying `myinvention,`

While the crank handle D serv-es as a-means for 'imparting a step bystep movement to the total record sheet,as hereinafter described.Inasmuch as theautographic register proper yis of Well-knownconstruction, further description thereof, except in so` far as it maybe necessary to describe the illustrated application of niyinventionthereto, appears to be unnecessary. But l desireiit' tobeunderstoo-d that my invention is not limitedin its application toanautographic register of the type shown, or to any particulartype',whether using rolls or flat paper, and Whether using a front compartmentor rolling upthe front roll the full length of the ticket, asin machinesof diierent types now on the mar- `liet, as my invention is designed andadapted for attachment to autographic registersiof various types,`eitherin the form shovvinorin different forms in `which the same underlyingprinciple and mode of operation'may beeinbodied y n the :illustratedmachine, the aniount Written on the uppermost or top strip under eachitem Knotedthereonis' transferred to plurality of underlying salesrecord strips and alsoto the total record strip for use'at theend of theday, or 'otherspeciied period of time in computing the total'amounts ofsales or charges made 4during theday. The sales record strips-'are jmadetto suit any items that the user may Wish to print thereon the salestickets or slips themselves being` drawn to suit the reqiiirementsof thecustomer or the Wishes of the merchant or user of the machine.

' its shovvnfthe summai'yregister attachmentortotal record sheet carriercomprises a frame 'structure having end plates G. and

'G1 secured 'upon' abase plate of oblongor rectangular form; saidend'pla-tes supportvm0' a feed-roll I and a na* erdisoensin-O'` roll L..e K-,Whicn-rolls have their bearings in said endv plates andare fittedin open-ended slots c and c-j, respectively, so that theyV may be easilyremoved rlllhe'feed roller may be slitted longitudin'ally, yas shown,topermit the end. of a stripvof-p'aper L to be inserted therein so thatthe stripmay be Wound thereonjg'the 'strip A l being drawn olfthedispensing" roll-'Kupon Which 1t is Wound, by a step by step movementimparted tothe feedroll. On a project'- .ing end-portion of the feed`roll,iat one endof the casing, is secured the hub 'M of a'rotaijytappet device having radial armsjmwhich proj ectfrom said hub at a`tangent `to the'A roll axis,` so that as the tappet device rotates thearms m will be brought successively into the pathof movement of apin"l\T projecting linvv'ardly from the crank arm or handle D of theregister operating mechanism, so that vdu`ringeach Vcomplete' revolutionof -said crank arm the rotary tappet will be given a partial revolutionby Contact ofsaid vpinwith 'i armof the tappet device. The pin N isvlined inthe crank' handle Din position to engage the' arms of thetap'petdevice succes-- sively as the crank arm'is revolved. Back- Wardmovement of the ftappet deviceV under stress of `the pull vof the feedroll upon the -paper strip L when the stud or pin on the Vcrank arm hasmoved past the point'of contact With `a -tappet arm may be prevented bymeans of a spring O securedat one end to the outer side of the registercasing andhavingits free end formed or' providedwvitha Wedgeshapedmember o'w-hich engages the arms of the tappet device astheyarefbroughtsuccessively into Contact therewith and yields to the lli() pressure ofthe'arm'as it slides over the-in# A clined surface and then siiapsb-ackso that the contacting arm will engage the shoulder formed bythe Vmembero the instant the pin or stud onV the crank arm passes thepoint of'engagement With the rotary tappet; thus 'keeping the grand total sheettaut for recordi ing thereon the total amounts recorded. on

the itemized sales record slips upon each for- Ward 'movementxof thelatter. V'By the'described Vmechanism f the total Vrecord strip "orsheet isf-advanced step by step just far enough l to record thereon thetotals of the itemized salesrecorded on one of the detachable sectionsofthe sales record strip as the latter is advanced the full length of.thefsection vor a sli'p `*which is to be cutoff, and to this end eachsection of the sales record strip is of such length that the space leftfor writing thereon the totalsof the sales or charges made during theday is brought over and in alineinentwith an underlying opening throughthe writing table or platen, underneath which, when the total recordsheet carrier is inserted in proper position in the register casing,lies a cross-bar P which is'mounted upon and connects the end plates otthe carrier, above and between the feed and dispensing rolls l and l,so'that the totals written upon the sales record .slips in the aforesaidspace will be transferred to the underlying total record sheet, whichpasses from the dispensing roller to the feed roll over said cross-barP; As shown, the

ends of the shaft of the paper dispensing rollVv are fitted in the slots7c which extendat an oblique anglefto the axis of the roll and rest uponthe curved bottoms of the slots, and are secured therein by brackets Rvwhich span the oblique slots, and have oblong open-ended slotsthereintoadapt the bracket to straddle set screws or studs projecting from theinner sides of the end-plates G on opposite sides of the oblique slots,rwhereby the bracketv is lirmly vbut removably secured to` the endplatesso as to permit the rcll to be renieved and replaced when desired. rlheends ofthe feed roll shaft are fitted in vertical slots in the aforesaidend-plates and secured in place by brackets R1 ot the thev brackets R,and secured to the endplates in the vsame manner. A flat metal spring S,

secured at one 'end to the base platefof the carrier frame, as indicatedin dotted lines in Fig, 4, has its free end arranged to bear upon theroll of paper on the dispensing roll K, so asto tension the same andprevent backward movement thereof when the pin on the crank armdisengages an arm of the rotary tappet. rihe shank of the spring Ci isadjustably secured to theregister casing by slot and set screwconnection, in order that the vspring may be adjusted to cause the armsoi' the rotary tappet to Contact with and slide over theV wedge-shapedmember of the spring into position to engage'the shoulder 0 before thetappet is released by the actuating crank arm. Y j

The total record sheet carrier, constructed as described, is removablyinserted in an 'opening through one of t ie side plates oi the registercasing, asshown, underneath the writing table, which may be cut awaytransversely thereof, or made in two parts, so as to provide suiiicientspace between the two parts to receive the cross-bar or platen P which,as lbefore stated, underlies that portion of the sales record strips, onwhich may be written the total cost of the articles itemized on thedetachable sections or slips, so thatthe totals are transferred to thegrand total sheet or summary of the days total sales; the'carrier beingheld in place within same construction as.

the casing by the hinged` plate B1 and co-actin@` luOs A2 asbeforedescribed.Y

jects radially from the free end oi' the cranky arm H1 intok the path ofmovement of a plurality or series of pins u which project laterally fromone Side of a disk'U iixed on the outer end ot the feed roll l1, so thatduring each, complete revolution ot the crankV arm which actuates themechanism 'for advancing the sales record strips it will engage one ofthe pinsu anc-` rotate the disk lar enough to advance the grand totalvrecord sheet the requireddistance to bring an unused portion thereofinto ahnement with the space on the uppermost overlying sales recordstrip on. Vwhich the total ameunt of charges or sales of diiierent itemsis written and the figures transferred to the underlying strips; thegrand total being shown in separate columns of guresora singlerowoverlying the space occupied by' the cross-bar or' platen P overwhich the grand total sheet is caused to pass step by step ashereinbe'foredescribed.

rEhe utili ty and advantages ofiny invention .Y over autographicregisters as heretofore ordinarily constructed are obvious. vAt the endot'the. day all that it is necessary to do to ascertain the totalamountoic the days sales is to remove the totalrecord slip or sheet and add upthe diifiierent columns. To this end the lider `cover of theregistercasing is raised and the total-record sheet carrier withdrawnthrough the opening-iii the side of the casing, whereupon that portionof the grand total sheet on which the days charges or sales have beenrecorded may rbe torn oft and the amounts'shown thereon computed,thereby obtaining the result oi" the days sales and savingjmuch time andexpense incident to computing the totals shown on the itemized sales`record slips. according to present methods. j

ritter removing the summary of the days work, or the total record slip,for the purpose of computing the total amount shown thereon, theVcarrier may be again placed underneath the writing table in the registercasing ready 'for another days work, by lirst engaging the end of thegrand total sheet with the feed roll, as herein ettore described, Iandthen raising the lid Vor cover and placing the necessary carbonsbetweenthe record sheets and lowering the cover and engaging the hinged platethereon with the lugs on the casing for holding the carrier in place. Insome makes of machines tlielid or cover is unprovidedlwith thehingedplate land lugs to hold the cover down upon the record'strips andcarbon overlying the writing table, asin the illust-rated machine, andin suchcases the caraimais@ 4rier may be held in .plac'eby securingspring or springs on the louter side of the casing adapted to pressagainstthe carrier and hold it in a fixed position Within the registercas-1 ing; such spring or springs being adapted to swing orbe moved intoposition to permit the carrier tobe removed and replaced.

Having thus described my. inventiongvihat I claim as new and desireto'secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: a

1. In combination with an autographic Vregister having ine-ans forcarrying a-sales record strip and means Vfor advancing said strip atintervals a predetermined distance for recording successive sales, asummary register attachment lwhereby totals of amounts recorded on thesales record strip are transferred to a totalprecord strip; said atftachment comprising a frame-structure-on which is `mounted a paperdispensing rollja` feed roll, and anintermediate cross-barrer platenover which is passed the total record strip carried by said roll, andmea-ns at one l end 'ofy the feed roll co-operatively arranged inrelation to the sales strip*advancingmechanism of the register properfor. advancing said total record strip a predetermined distanceVregister attachment whereby totals of the amounts recordedon the salesrecord strip 'arevtransferred to autotal recordstrip; said attachmentcomprising a frame structure-on` which is 'mounted a paper dispensingroll, a feed roll and an intermediate cross-bar or platen over which ispassed the total rec ord strip carried by said roll, and means at oneend of the feed vroll co-operatively arranged in relation to the sales`strip a advanc ingmechanism of the register proper for advancing saidtotal'record strip a predetermined distance simultaneously Withtheadvance movement of said salesjrecord strip;- said frame-structure.being removably -insertedthroughan opening in one'sideof the registercasing `With platen underlying an4 opening extending transversely acrossthe Writing table of said casing. s

' 3. In combination With an autographicreg ister havingk means forcarryinga sales record strip "and means.y including a hand lever.

for advancing said strip for recording suc` cessive sales, asummary.registerattachment adaptedto carry a vtotal'v recordi striponto" Vwhich the totals of amounts recorded? onl the sales recordstripmay be transferred; said attachment comprising a' frame-structurecarrying a paper dispensing roll, a feed roll carrying a Wheelv elementactuated Vbythe lever of said sales stripadvanoingmeans and across-barorfplaten ovenwhich the! total reeord Vstrip is vpass`ed-from thedispensing tothe a .feed roll, j -Y I y; 4; In combination v `With anautographic Qregist rhavingmeansforcarrying a sales record strip andmeans: including ya hand lever `for advancing saidstrip forre-cordingsuccessive lsalem'asunfimalry register attach- A H lent` adapted tocarry total record `strip L Aonto Whiclirthe totalszofamounts recorded'on the sales record stripmay V be transferred; fsaidV :attachmentcomprising a frame-struc-v Yturereiinov'ably insertable through anopening in one side of the register casin kand em- -bodying a paperdispensingrolllto carry the total record strip, a cross-bar or platenoverv Which the strip Vfrom saidfroll'is passedand a feed roll ontoAWhichrthe strip is fed, said 1 feedfroll having atappet element on oneend actuated by the lever of *said sales istrip ad-` vancing meansforadvancingthe total record strip to predetermined distancesimultane-`v` ously. With-the advance "movement of saidv sales recordstrip.

5; In an attachment for autographic. registers embodyingmeans includinga hand-V actuated lever forwadvancing the sales record strips atintervals a. predeter'minedy dis-vv tance for recording successivesales, aframe# structure carrying av paper dispensing roll,l

across-bar or platen over which another recording stripvis passed. fromsaid roll under i Y theV sales record strip and a: feedk roll ontoVwhich said another strip is fed; saidy feed rollj having a rotarytappet element on onejend With tangential'arms adapted to' be engaged .yby said lever V,Whenactuated so as to advance said another strip aVpredetermined distance 4 ,Y simultaneously. With the advance movementof thesales record strip `of ,theV register.Y

y 6. In an vautographic registerV having an v operating lever, anattachmentffor advance.'

ing an eXtra sales recording strip ai shortdis` tance With each longeradvance movement er, said' attachment'embodying al feedvroll of theregular sales strips of the register prop-y f' supported Within*theregister casing. and

'carrying al tappet member on `one end enibodying ya hub-.Withtangentially disposed arms lyingin the actuating plane of the registeroperating` leverfor engagement' there- VWith on each operative movement'so asto ,be

thereby rotated.throughasmall arc Witlie'ach such movement. Il Y v A. iA 7. .In combination With autographicreg-k f ister having meansforcarrying a sales rec-iordstripfand means includingan operativelever4` for advancing said-strip at intervals a Y predetermined distance:for recording suc'- cessivefsales, a summary register attachment.whereby totals Vof thefamounts recordedA on `the sales record strip maybei transferred to an eXtra or total ,record stripgzgsaid attachmentcomprising a frame-structure applied Within the register. casing andembodying al paper dispensing roll, a cross-bar'or platen over Which apaper strip from said roll is means on each operative movement thereofpassed under the sales record strip and a feed rolly onto which Saidystrip is fed, sadfeed roll carrying a Wheel-like member on one endhaving tangentally disposed arms engaged by the lever of said salesstrip advancing for rotating said feed roll through a small are Witheach advance movement ofthe sales reo ord strip In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature.

FRANCIS L; COTTRINGER.

